I went to Grad school right after undergrad. I had a great position offered to me as a resident director of a resident hall. The only thing that made it difficult to stay in the program was the demographics. I was one of the three minorities that was admitted into the program. I...

I dropped out of grad school after one year going for an MFA. I thought I needed that exra degree to make powerful work, but now I think it would only have helped me to get a teaching job.
I do know I was miserable in large part because of the atmosphere of the program, and I...